Easterlin (1974): study US 1952
Publication
- Author(s):
- Easterlin, R.A.
- Title:
- Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot? Some Empirical Evidence.
- Source:
- David, P.A.;Melvin, W.R.;Eds.: "Nations and Households in Economic Growth", Academic Press, 1974, New York, USA, 89 - 125.
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, United States, 1952
- Survey name
- US-AIPO 508
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 3003
- Non Response
- 0
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
In general, how happy would you say you are ?
3 very happy
2 fairly happy
1 not at all happy - Classification:
- O-HL-g-sq-v-3-a
- Page in publication:
- 109
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 9%, 2: 43%, 3: 47% (total 99%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.38 7.33
- SD:
- 0.65 2.41